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From: "Brian Welch" <bwelchz7@yahoo.com>
To: "Fanfic ML" <ffml@anifics.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 1:04 PM
Subject: [FFML] [AMG] [C&C] God/Goddess of Children - Chapter 1
--- Andrew Painter <sanjiyan@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
Heres chapter 1 of my Ah! My Goddess, Self Insert.
C&C may be accepted or ignored at your discretion.
somehow Father, The All Mighty
Personal hot button, here. There is not a shred of
evidence in the manga, OVAs or movie that Kami-sama is
the father of the goddess sisters. Circumstantial
evidence in the manga suggests that he is not.
However, both Animeigo and Studio Proteus (Dark Horse)
have mistranslated "Kami-sama" to "Father", so I
suppose it's understandable that others would do the
same. It is not impossible that he is the father, but
if he is, then from the evidence in the manga he's
either both wishy-washy and darn lucky or else he's
AMG's version of Gendo Ikari.
If he is not their father, then he's either both
wishy-washy and darn lucky or else he's a shrewd
administrator and manipulator.
Actually, if you go by the movie, Kami-sama isn't about to go and get
involved in some minor detail, like that of a new god or goddess. As shown
in the movie, there is a council that is underneath Kami-sama that deal with
a majority of stuff, so that only the important issues ever reach Kami-sama.
With the problem of a virus, and a rogue god escaping from prison, Kami-sama
did not appear to get involved in the situation. Peorth did not go to
Kami-sama for such a large problem, she went to the council with something
that could have very easily been something that Kami-sama could have advised
over, at least to my perception.
Of course, since I haven't read a lot of the manga, and haven't seen the
ova's for about two years now, I could very easily be wrong. But too me,
Kami-sama does not simply go around dealing with every issue, he has that
mysterious council that works for him that deals with most of the stuff,
such as the Celestine and Belldandy issue.
"Right then, at least that's one good thing about
this whole mess you have made, and that's that you
powers are restricted and limited for the time
being, I am annoyed though that a new person like
you has the same power levels of my sister
Belldandy, and yet more powerful then my own,
I can definitely see Urd being annoyed, probably more
concerned, though, here. As for the power level thing,
this is a common misconception (even though it's
explained TWICE in the early manga). 1st class status
is not based upon power level alone. Goddess 2nd class
Urd is much more powerful than goddess 1st class
Belldandy. What Urd lacks is a high level of control,
and she lies a lot. Those two things are what has kept
her at 2nd class level, even though she's more
powerful in absolute terms than (sealed) Belldandy or
Peorth.
>From the movie, it sounds more like every god and goddess is born into their
classes. Belldandy, even when a child, was given a class 1 ranking, a
ranking that I doubt a child would be given. Since I'm unfamiliar with most
of the manga, I'm not about to say that I'm right about this, and that what
I say is law. However, from what I believe from what little I've seen of
AMG, class is something that is given when they are born, and that they are
taught to fit into that ranking and the expectations placed before them. Or
that could have just been Belldandy's case. Whether they are limited or
unlimited, if that is indeed part of their designation, could probably be
determined by their behaviour I suppose. Then again, I could be entirely
wrong here.
sounds
like Father has big plans for you in a few months
time when your used to your new station, and what's
this about a angels egg?!? You wont be able to
control a angel at this time, you wont have the
powers to do so." She said in a tone that sounded
like she was not too pleased with the outcome of my
meeting with Kami-sama.
"The angel or angels' egg is Father's orders, and
what do you mean by, by me not being powerful enough
to control an angel? If control is normally needed
then I am glad I don't have that, it's not right for
me to control anyone's actions in that way." I say
matter of factually.
It's understandable that your character would feel
this way at first, but he's only saying this because
he has no concept of the relationship between an angel
and its host. Angels are an extension of the self, a
mirror of the soul. They are not a separate
personality like a dog (well, maybe if the host were
schizophrenic). The control one exercises over an
angel is also control over oneself. The power required
to control an angel comes with the ability to control
ones own power. (Gee, I'm sounding like Belldandy
here! ^_^; ) Refusing to control ones angel is
essentially refusing to exercise self control, since
the angel will do what you want done whether
consciously or not, and that could be a problem - as
Skuld found out with Noble Scarlet. Still, even a
rogue angel must obey its host whenever the host gives
a direct order.
Ok, this issue I did in fact read, and throughout the entire story, never
once was it about control. It was about maturity, responsibilty, and
forethought. The orders and commands that was given to Noble Scarlet, and
the situations that they Skuld and the others found themselves in, leads to
the moral at the end of the story: Just because you want something, does not
mean you have the maturity and responsibility to use it correctly. Or
something along those lines. Then again, I could be wrong as well, since it
has been 4 months or so since I last read that issue.
--CCMax
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